VICTORVILLE — A Victorville man was shot by a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent during an operation conducted by state and federal agencies in the 12500 block of Sunny Vista Road early Tuesday morning, an ATF spokeswoman said.

The operation was one of at least three joint federal and state search warrant investigations in the High Desert on Tuesday.

“This morning, while executing a state search warrant in a joint federal and state investigation, an ATF special agent who was on the team entering the location shot and injured a person living (in the 12500 block of) Sunny Vista Avenue (in) Victorville,” ATF spokeswoman Meredith Davis told the Daily Press on Tuesday. “ATF medics on the scene immediately treated the person’s injuries then arranged for his transport and treatment at a local hospital.”

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials said the incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. and the department is independently investigating the incident, but the Sheriff’s Department was not involved with the shooting.

According to Sheriff’s officials, deputies responded to the location following reports of a shooting and then learned that agents from ATF, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Los Angeles Police Department were serving a search warrant at the location.

Sheriff’s officials said Arnulfo Hernandez, 34, of Victorville, was shot and transported to a local hospital. He is listed in stable condition and expected to survive.

Davis confirmed joint operations were also occurring in Apple Valley near Apple Valley and Siskiyou roads and in Hesperia on Glendale Road. However, since ATF was not involved in the Apple Valley and Hesperia operations, Davis could not comment.

She did say that all three operations involved sealed search warrants and the reasons behind the operations could not be released.

Daily Press reporters saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from the Department of Homeland Security at the scene of the Victorville shooting.

Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for ICE, said Homeland Security Investigations agents were executing search warrants at the Apple Valley and Hesperia locations for the same joint federal and state investigation as the Victorville incident. She said law enforcement officials were also executing state search warrants at the locations.

“Because the broader probe related to these search warrants is ongoing and the relevant court documents remain under seal, we are not at liberty to release any further details at this time,” Kice said.

Henry, a Hesperia resident who gave only his first name, said that he was awakened before 5 a.m. by a helicopter circling the area of Glendale Avenue and Willow Street.

“There were ... at least a couple dozen police cars and they raided a house off Glendale,” Henry said. “We’d always see their kids outside; we knew the children who lived there.”

He said Sheriff’s Department vehicles remained at the home until around 10 a.m. and that school buses driving through the area were re-routed to avoid the home.

Anyone with information regarding the Victorville officer-involved shooting incident is asked to call Detective Matthew Peterson or Sgt. Scott Landen of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department at 909-387-3589.

Anneli Fogt can be reached at AFogt@VVDailyPress.com or 760-951-6276. Follow her on Twitter @DP_anneli_fogt.